Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-15
MANY KILLED.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A
RAILROAD TRAIN.
II Crashes Through Bridge-The Killed
and Wounded Heartrending Scenes
Rendering Assistance.
ny telegraph 70 tho DIspatch. /

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IL known a. the Bussey-psrk bridge. The
7 O'Clock train from Dedhsm, consisting
OF seven cars and n baggage. car. under
the cbsrge OF Conductor Tilden, broke
through the bridge. The engine and
three cars went over safely, but the five
others fell through the bridge to the road
beDeaih, a distance Of thirty feet The
last car, which was the smoker. turned
completely over and struck on top OF the
others, al being crushed almost out Of
shape. The cause OF the accident Is said
to hsye been the breaking OF the bridge.
TIE BRIDGE WAS NEW.
II IL stated that the bridge where the ac-
cidcbt occurred this morning Is a conpira-
lively new one. and that the accident was
caused by the truck on one OF the ears
Giving way, causing The car to strike against
an sbutment oi the bridge. The smoking.
car. after II fell, caught fire, but the Dire de-
| partment was promptly on hand and pre-
vented any spread OF the flames. The
bodies OF the dead have all been removed,
and Of the wounded some are at the hos
pIial and some have been taken home, 30
that 1t is very difficult to ascertain their
names and the extent OF their injuries at
The present time.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Among the killed are conductor Tilden,
Sergeant Mailer, OF the West Roxbury di-
vision OF the Boston police w. +. SNOW,
Alice Burnett, Of ROslindale; Mabel Adj
| ans and Frank Morris. Of Dedham. Harry
Gay WAS MORALLY Injured and Is dying.
Among the injured are Frank Piummer,
Nellie Palmer, Mrs. Ames. George Lord,
! l.. A. Carr, Mrs. LippincOtt, Cassie Smith
crS, - Drisco. George May, aud Fred.
| L. Schroeder. Many Of the Injured were
brought to the hospitals IN this city, aud
some OF them have not been identified. The
train was crowded with working people,
| and the most intense excitement prevails
among their friends, who are anxious 10
learn the names Of those killed and injured.
Al here are no reliable details OF the num-
b6r OF dead as vet. The police say twenty
three men were killed outright and that
nearly as many will die. A. Webster
Cl8pp died in tie Forcst-flill station, where
| he bad been taken. The engineer, when
his engine broke from The train, kept right
on 10 Forest Hill and gave the alarm Instead
Ct stopping to ascertain the extent OF the
accident and on that account ii was imD0s-
! sible to get assistance at once. The ofhcers
ol the road are present and are dong all
they eau. Many doctors arc there doing
everything in their power. superintendent
Folsom saws he does not know how miny
aye killed or injured. The bodies OF the
killed ere horribly manpled. some OF the
heads being entirely severed from the
bodies, and many OF the bodies are crushed
bCyoDd recognition.
RELIEF TRAIN.
| 4 wreckng. train was made mp and was
ct once sent TO the scene. One hundred
ond fifty mattresses were obtained and sent
on o SPECIAL train, which also carried toe
friends OF the passengers. y gentlem IN
Vlo lett the scene NJ . O'Clock said that
some twenty bodies hsd been taken ont.
The number OF persons injured, he SAID,
was very large. He says that The accident
was due to The giving away OF the structure
under the weight OF the train. rhc news
,pread like wiIdfre, and people throng;d
10 the scene by the th0usind-
Taeniy.seyen dead bodies have been
identified. There are at the morgu"
hcdles OF three men aud two women,
which rs yet remain unidentified. The
scene Of this mornings accident il about
u mile from Jamaica Plain. where t1e
main line OF the Boston and Providence
railroad branches off to the left to Read
Vile aud Providence, while 10 the right
runs in a sweeping curve the Ded-
ham branch. This arm is built
through valley, and the embankment f)r
long distance is a high one. South street,
witch leagcs Newton street near the BuL
zey woods. runs diogoDally under the track
of the branch, and II was into thiscIt TINT
the cars Of the train plunged from the
bridge which crossed II. 1t has been stated
that owing 10 the peculiar arrangement OF
the Gbutmeut Of the bridge it vas really
The weakest on the concaye side OF the
curve, where the heaviest strain was expert
enced.
The train was a local one, heavily laden
with people. majority Of whom work In
Boston and live 10 the suburban Villages.
II was composed Of seven passenger ana
one baggag, car and engine. The engine
end three csIs passed safely over the
bridge. but when the fourth ear went down
il drew back the three which had crossed
the bridge, and which broke loose from the
engine, thus leaving the engine alone
Standing in safety upon the track. Engineer
Mimy ran bis engine to the nearest station
ard teegTaphed the news 10 the railroad
officials. Messengers summoning surgical
assistance were sent out on horseback.
Surgeons were st once in attendance, aud
toe injured passengers received prompt az
| ieption In the mean time force OIL men
set TO work TO relieve those who were pin
ned under the wreck, aud 4 NTeckiDg train
was made up aud at once sent to the scene.
One hundred and fits mattresses were Oh
tlined at the City Hospital and sent to tue
scene OF the accident 10y special tra'n,
which also carried n large number OF sur
geons.
IRE bridge evidently gave way when
the fourth car was passing over It. The
. five rear cars went through TO the roadway,
landing IN amass OF splinters in the street.
The strain OF the five falling cars pulled
the three ears In advance from the rail.
They remained on top OF the eDlbankment,
hut were pulled off their trucks, and the
/ door OF each was forced nearly 20 the roof,
While the seats we've iumbled together
IN great confusion. Tie cad OF the
: | second coach WAS mass OF splinters,
, | caused by the ear ahead grinding against II
: | vG,n the Others went doNn the embanE-
, | ment. The third coach was fl1,icned 10 the
ground a; II 1t hal fallen on It's trucks from
{ n Great height, although it remiined on the
| edce OF the embankment. Tne r0)f OF the
fourth car also remained on the embank-
uenf. having evidently been torn clear
from it, iastenings where The coach
p | went through. Tse next four carr
| went down in o heap. the smoker
I | which was on The rear OF the
1 tram. falling in the midst OF the coaches
| and being actually ground into splnters'
/. The inmates OF the smoker were all ethel
4 Killed or injured, not one escaping Without
\ an injury OF some kind. Two OF the
: coaches went clear across the roadway,
landing against a stone wall that Ooundee
9 a large field at The foot OF the bill. AS tl'
2 cars Law in their present location they pre-
q cent plcture OF such absolute demolition
q that a seems remarkable that any person II
them escaped alive.
That the horrors Of fire were not adoel
10 the terrible disaster was due to IN
rromptness with which relief was sent. A
chemical engine from R0slinda'e was AT IN
8 scene within twenty minutes after Ia
! wreck occurred, brought by leiter-carr'e
:, who gave an alarm OF fire upon ooseryln!
/, Tie flames issuing from the DEBRIS. In
: flames were soon eXtingulshed. aud the nre
!, men then did excellent work IN Tescuinl
!. The injured. The stoves In all the car
u were securely fastened to the floors by irol
:, bolts and the doors OF the stoves wer
= locked. In only one car did the stoves w
g set. although IN one instance the stove wa
< smashed clear through the ro0i OF tue ca
70 in which II had been. The only pefso
known TO have been an eyewitness oil IN
disaster who was not on the train was .
II. Lemon, a fish-dealer, whose stable wa
on the hill Just above the bridge. Leno
o. was Harvesting his team when the tral
0. came along, and he turned TO see II pas
ie He was horror.struck when he saw u
70 train take its awful plunge through u